Wilder Norfolk
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Sex & drugs & RocknRoll seem like a very long time ago now.
November 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sex & drugs & RocknRoll seem like a very long time ago now.
Toads. I love toads. Best toads ever are toads on the way home from the pub. Toads are fucking excellent.
September 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Toads. I love toads. Best toads ever are toads on the way home from the pub. Toads are fucking excellent.
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A pond restored in 2015. Stunning structural complexity & very high biodiversity in its 3 planty zones. Right in the middle of an arable field but no drainage in & a good buffer. Farming & conservation working together. This is what we MUST DO! @wildernorfolk.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A pond restored in 2015. Stunning structural complexity & very high biodiversity in its 3 planty zones. Right in the middle of an arable field but no drainage in & a good buffer. Farming & conservation working together. This is what we MUST DO! @wildernorfolk.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social
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Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.
September 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.
Got nipped by a big prawn 🤿
September 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Got nipped by a big prawn 🤿
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At the end of the Nightjar season we are very proud to have completed the first year in collaboration with Natural England facilitating the study of feeding areas away from the breeding site. 20 birds ringed of which 14 were pulli, 6 GPS tags fitted with 5 retrieved, which obtaining some good data.
September 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
At the end of the Nightjar season we are very proud to have completed the first year in collaboration with Natural England facilitating the study of feeding areas away from the breeding site. 20 birds ringed of which 14 were pulli, 6 GPS tags fitted with 5 retrieved, which obtaining some good data.
A gloomy and overcast post work snorkel, but much brighter beneath the waves. Norfolk’s hidden treasures.
August 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A gloomy and overcast post work snorkel, but much brighter beneath the waves. Norfolk’s hidden treasures.
Swallowtail caterpillar munching fennel in a friend’s Broads garden. Conservation implications? Fennel rich mixes in arable adjacent to wetlands? (Pic, Rick Southwood).
August 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Swallowtail caterpillar munching fennel in a friend’s Broads garden. Conservation implications? Fennel rich mixes in arable adjacent to wetlands? (Pic, Rick Southwood).
More and better habitat required.
Every farm should have at least one decent sized high quality habitat creation project, alongside options for mixes and margins etc. The need for well ADVISED schemes paying a fair rate has never been greater.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Every farm should have at least one decent sized high quality habitat creation project, alongside options for mixes and margins etc. The need for well ADVISED schemes paying a fair rate has never been greater.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Butterflies in long term decline across England and UK, official figures show
Butterflies which require specific habitats to thrive are faring worse, with some species seeing declines of more than 80%.
www.independent.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
More and better habitat required.
Every farm should have at least one decent sized high quality habitat creation project, alongside options for mixes and margins etc. The need for well ADVISED schemes paying a fair rate has never been greater.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Every farm should have at least one decent sized high quality habitat creation project, alongside options for mixes and margins etc. The need for well ADVISED schemes paying a fair rate has never been greater.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Barn Owl monitoring on the Sandringham estate, despite parts of East Anglia reporting a bad year, these boxes did well from 21 boxes, we had 15 in use, with 11 with chicks, total of 31 young, with the largest brood being 4. @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @wildernorfolk.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Barn Owl monitoring on the Sandringham estate, despite parts of East Anglia reporting a bad year, these boxes did well from 21 boxes, we had 15 in use, with 11 with chicks, total of 31 young, with the largest brood being 4. @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @wildernorfolk.bsky.social
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@jakefiennes.bsky.social @freshwaterbio.bsky.social @lgspace.bsky.social @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @timholtwilson.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social @northnorfolkliving.bsky.social
Join us at #Morston pond on 1st September for an educational event on pond restoration - details on our website! @themarshtit.bsky.social @ajaytegala.bsky.social @steffanaquarone.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @carlsayer.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
First year ever the fig tree has produced something edible.
July 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
First year ever the fig tree has produced something edible.
I bought a little bear.
July 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I bought a little bear.
My first Norfolk Jersey Tiger.
July 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
My first Norfolk Jersey Tiger.
Less intimidating than I’d assumed.
June 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Less intimidating than I’d assumed.
For clarity, my post below wasn’t meant to be a dig at anyone at the front end of their conservation career. Far from it. If there’s been a failing, then it’s down to those of us that have been around a while longer.
A pal has been away on a course..
‘The younger professional Ecologists all knew everything there was to know about BNG, credits, trading etc but couldn't ID a beech tree, not one of them out of 17’.
‘The younger professional Ecologists all knew everything there was to know about BNG, credits, trading etc but couldn't ID a beech tree, not one of them out of 17’.
June 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For clarity, my post below wasn’t meant to be a dig at anyone at the front end of their conservation career. Far from it. If there’s been a failing, then it’s down to those of us that have been around a while longer.
A pal has been away on a course..
‘The younger professional Ecologists all knew everything there was to know about BNG, credits, trading etc but couldn't ID a beech tree, not one of them out of 17’.
‘The younger professional Ecologists all knew everything there was to know about BNG, credits, trading etc but couldn't ID a beech tree, not one of them out of 17’.
June 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A pal has been away on a course..
‘The younger professional Ecologists all knew everything there was to know about BNG, credits, trading etc but couldn't ID a beech tree, not one of them out of 17’.
‘The younger professional Ecologists all knew everything there was to know about BNG, credits, trading etc but couldn't ID a beech tree, not one of them out of 17’.
I think radishes might be the most underrated of all my favourite things. This is the most profound thought of my day. So far.
June 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I think radishes might be the most underrated of all my favourite things. This is the most profound thought of my day. So far.
I thought I’d teach myself a few traditional upholstery skills. Now I’m thinking, maybe it wasn’t the best idea to start with a chaise sodding longue. 🤦🏻♂️
June 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I thought I’d teach myself a few traditional upholstery skills. Now I’m thinking, maybe it wasn’t the best idea to start with a chaise sodding longue. 🤦🏻♂️
Took a trip north this week to be schooled in all things moorland. Boy have i been wrong with some assumptions. Get all the right measures in all the right places and productivity of waders can be nothing short of spectacular.
June 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Took a trip north this week to be schooled in all things moorland. Boy have i been wrong with some assumptions. Get all the right measures in all the right places and productivity of waders can be nothing short of spectacular.
Breckland Landscape Recovery getting it just right. Ambitious, but achievable. Complex enough to hit objectives for nature, but straightforward enough to actually be delivered. Enthusiastic, but realistic leadership. It’s conservation Baby Bear’s porridge. Well done them 👏👏
May 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Breckland Landscape Recovery getting it just right. Ambitious, but achievable. Complex enough to hit objectives for nature, but straightforward enough to actually be delivered. Enthusiastic, but realistic leadership. It’s conservation Baby Bear’s porridge. Well done them 👏👏
Nothing really new here… but the Morris adage…’Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful" has never been more apt. In other words, stop buying shit you don’t need.
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Scientists Just Found Who's Causing Global Warming
A new study observes economic patterns related to climate change in order to find the staggering amount of emissions pumped out by the rich.
futurism.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Nothing really new here… but the Morris adage…’Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful" has never been more apt. In other words, stop buying shit you don’t need.
futurism.com/scientists-w...
futurism.com/scientists-w...
Bought a few of these pieces today. Flipped back and forth from loathe to love several times, before settling on love!! So many influences. Thoughts? Age/influences/origin/style??No googling!! @whysocuriousantiqu.bsky.social @hobbyantiquing.bsky.social @timbowenantiques.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Bought a few of these pieces today. Flipped back and forth from loathe to love several times, before settling on love!! So many influences. Thoughts? Age/influences/origin/style??No googling!! @whysocuriousantiqu.bsky.social @hobbyantiquing.bsky.social @timbowenantiques.bsky.social
I believe I am literally the last person in England yet to see a Swallow. 😠☹️
April 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I believe I am literally the last person in England yet to see a Swallow. 😠☹️
Given the current nonsense, I’m feeling particularly annoyed by sentences that begin with ‘So’, or end in ‘right’. I’m not for it. No personal offence meant, but I’m all out of love with Americanisms.
April 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Given the current nonsense, I’m feeling particularly annoyed by sentences that begin with ‘So’, or end in ‘right’. I’m not for it. No personal offence meant, but I’m all out of love with Americanisms.